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Tom Cruise you’ve been served. Katie Holmes files for divorce. Scientology for Suri?
Hollywood headlines of Katie Holmes filing for divorce from Tom Cruise are spanning the media! We’re all hearing about Katie’s “exit plan,” as well as rumors that Tom’s religion – and its effect on Suri – may have played a part in this celebrity split. Whether it’s true or not, it’s gossip-worthy for the tabloids.…
Read MoreGirl, seventeen, pregnant with twins, flees Anaheim, CA hospital to avoid a forced abortion.
Her parents are now trying to take her to India for an abortion against her will. What can she do? The courts in California have a strict policy, their primary concern is to act in the best interests of the child. Being forced to have an abortion might be considered child abuse by the court. If…
Read MoreClient sanctioned for her arrogant attorney’s rude, condescending, and unprofessional letters.
Divorcing couples who want to use their attorneys as a weapon of mass destruction to belittle and harass the other side, beware. A new published case from the First District Court of Appeal titled “Marriage of Davenport” (2011 S.O.S. 2343) (Cal.App. 5-4-2011), filed May 4, 2011 took to task a young lawyer whose poison pen…
Read MoreDivorce property settlement that allows spouse to keep the house while you remain on the loan? This could spell disaster.
Something I have seen a great deal recently are cases in which one party has allowed the other party to keep the family residence as part of the asset division in the divorce and has remained on the mortgage loan. This was done quite frequently prior to 2009 with the anticipation that the party keeping…
Read MoreIf Not Irreconcilable Differences, Then What?
Incurable Insanity? Seriously. In California, there are only two grounds someone can site in seeking a divorce, and they’re (1) irreconcilable differences and (2) incurable insanity. That’s been the law in California since 1970 when we became a no-fault divorce state. In other words, you can get a divorce simply because you and your spouse…
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